Personal Finance

Answer: 92% say soft skills matter as much or more than hard skills Questions: What is the difference between a hard skill and a soft skill? Why do you think it is important for employees to have strong soft skills? How can you develop your own soft skills in preparation for your future career? Click here for the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom.

Every three months, publicly traded companies round up the c-suite, break out the ppt juice, and say a little prayer

From saving to budgeting to investing, here's what to teach your kids about money at every stage.

Answer: 783 million users worldwide Questions: What is LinkedIn and how can it help you with the job search? Why is it important to note how many professionals are online using LinkedIn? Networking and searching for a job have changed over time. How do you think technology will continue to affect your career journey?

Rank order (from highest to lowest) how consumers plan to use stimulus payments received in March 2021 Spent it Paid down debt Saved it ngpf.org 4/7/21 Q: Saving QUESTION OF THE DAY

I have an MBA in finance But I’ve learned 10x more about investing from listening to podcasts than I did in school Here are 24 podcasts that I regularly listen to that will make you a better investor⬇️

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Goalsetter is the best money app for your whole family - from parents to tweens, from kids to tweens. Your Goalsetter account lets every member of your family save for goals, spend responsibly, and learn financial literacy with fun game-based quizzes. Parents can use auto-save and round-ups to save for big goals over time, kids can earn money with Goalsetter's allowance feature and tweens and teens can use Goasletter's Cashola Debit Card to spend responsibly. With Goalsetter's 'Learn before you Burn' feature, the Cashola Card will automatically freeze on the weekend if your kid hasn't taken their finanial literacy quiz for the week. Goalsetter lets kids learn healthy financial habits that last a lifetime, and the whole famiiy can watch their savings grow.

Hoarder? Splasher? Understanding your financial psychology could save you money

We all want to save more money -- but overall, people today are doing less and less of it. Behavioral scientist Wendy De La Rosa studies how everyday people make decisions to improve their financial well-being. What she's found can help you painlessly make the commitment to save more and spend less.

Economists Say We Should Tax the Rich at 90% Why the Rich Like High Taxes Enjoy this video? You can access many more resources like quizzes, teacher's guides, and free DVDs when you register! It will take you less than two minutes, and best of all: it's FREE!

From the minimum amount of money needed to open an account to what types of investments to choose, this guide will help you start investing.

A POPULAR MYTH holds that individual bonds are safer than bond funds—because individual bonds supposedly come with no interest rate risk. Proponents of this notion claim that if you buy a bond and interest rates rise—which they have this year—you won’t lose any principal because you’ll eventually get back the bond’s par value, assuming you hold the bond to maturity and the issuer doesn’t default. This is true, but it doesn’t mean individual bonds don’t involve interest rate risk.

The inventory of homes for sale is startlingly low. The pandemic is part of the reason, but it’s not the whole story.

Ben Carlson · What If Housing Prices Aren't As Expensive As They AppearWhenever the topic of inflation comes up the obvious rebuttal to the low reported number is the cost of buying a home.Ho

Net worth—or your total amount of assets minus debt—tends to increase with age. CNBC Select breaks down the average net worth of people in their 40s and 50s.

We just witnessed the only recession in the history of this planet where the personal savings rate hit a 50-year high.

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What has been the [geometric] average return for the stock market over the past 50 years [1970-2020]? ngpf.org 3/9/21 Q: Investing QUESTION OF THE DAY View blog post

The persistent racial wealth gap is pushing pro athletes to champion financial literacy for Black kids and teens. They are doing everything from going into scho…

Answer: 70-80% Questions: If 70-80% of jobs are never advertised, how do you think that most people find jobs?  For those who have jobs/had jobs, what was your process to find work? What do you think are the skills needed to be an effective networker? Here are the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom. Behind the numbers (Payscale) : “At least 70 percent, if not 80 percent, of jobs are not published, ” Matt Youngquist, president of Career Horizons told NPR.

Understanding how investors measure a company’s worth

This graphic looks at 29 different psychological tricks that marketers use to try and influence consumer behavior.

During the month of February, NGPF will be celebrating Black History Month by highlighting Black financial leaders and educators via dedicated posts and student activities on the NGPF blog!  We’re kicking off our blog post series by highlighting the work of Bola Sokunbi, a Certified Financial Education Instructor, money expert, and the CEO, best-selling author, and founder of Clever Girl Finance. Bola’s main goal, as found on the CGF website, “is to help women become accountable, ditch debt, save money, and build real wealth.” You can learn more about Bola&rsquo...